Dmytro Aleksyeyev (Ukrainian: Дмитро Алексєєв) is a Paralympic swimmer from Ukraine competing mainly in category S13 events.

Dmytro Aleksyeyev
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Ukraine
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 50 metre freestyle - S12
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 100 metre breaststroke - SB12
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4x100 metre freestyle - 49 pts
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 4x100 metre medley - 49 pts
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 100 metre freestyle - S12
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 100 metre backstroke - S13
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200m individual medley - SM13
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle S12
Gold medal – first place 2006 Durban 4x100 m freestyle 49 pts
Silver medal – second place 2002 Mar del Plata 100 m backstroke S12
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 50 m freestyle S12
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 100 m breaststroke SB12
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Durban 100 m backstroke S12
IPC European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 100 m backstroke S13
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle S13

Dmytro was part of the Ukrainian Paralympic games swimming team on two occasions, firstly in 2004 then again in 2008 winning a total of seven medals including four golds. All his golds came in 2004 where he won the 50m freestyle in a new world record, the 100m breaststroke and being part of both the 4 × 100 m[1] freestyle and medley teams that broke world records, he also finished second behind Belarusian Raman Makarau in the 100m freestyle and finished fourth in the 100m backstroke. In the 2008 games he finished third in both the 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley and finished sixth in the 50m freestyle, eighth in the 100m freestyle and failed to make the 100m butterfly final having finished fifth in his heat.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Records Continue to Fall as Paralympic Swimming Ends
  2. ^ "Dmytro Aleksyeyev". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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